noun · feminine
skeuas
Greekσκευή (skeuē)
Strong’sG4631
tackle, fittings
stem skeu-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: III Mac 5:45 R *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4631 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskyoo-ay'
furniture, i.e. spare tackle
Fromfrom G4632;
King Jamestackling.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | skeuas | skeuais |
| object accusative | skeuan1×σκευὴν | skeuain |
| direct address vocative | skeuar | skeuair |
| of, belonging to genitive | skeuau | skeuaiu |
| to, for dative | skeua | skeuai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
skeua is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
skeuan“tackle”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 27:19“tackle”kai ta trita autocheirois tan skeuan teu ploieu riptala.On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.